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Highlights from Carmen de Lavallade's Pillow debut as a dancer in Lester Horton's company in 1953, all the way through the premiere of her one woman show at the age of 83. Host Norton Owen guides us through the many spirited connections Ms. de Lavallade holds both in American dance history and with Jacob's Pillow.

Poet and dance writer Karen Hildebrand hosts this episode focusing on how text and spoken word are used in dance. Included are examples from works by Liz Lerman, Joe Goode, and Carmen de Lavallade. Hildebrand is the former editorial director for Dance Magazine, and a past editor in chief of Dance Teacher magazine.

Guillaume De Lavallade, directeur général de Hub One, était l'invité de François Sorel dans Tech & Co, la quotidienne, ce mercredi 21 février. Il a abordé les activités de son entreprise, qui propose une offre complète de solutions télécoms, et les préparatifs des Aéroports de Paris (ADP) pour les JO 2024, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

In our latest podcast, Advanced Sommeliers Matthew Crawford and Cara De Lavallade discuss blind tasting with host and Master Sommelier Christopher Tanghe. They discuss whether blind tasting is useful outside of the exam setting, how they use this skill in their jobs, and the greatest challenges in their tasting journeys. Matthew Crawford is the director of operations for Rocket Farm Restaurants, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Matthew lives in Houston, Texas, where Rocket Farm operates another restaurant, called State of Grace. Cara De Lavallade is the sommelier at Posana Restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina. She previously held wine director positions at Enchantment Resort in Sedona, Arizona, and Willows Lodge in Woodinville, Washington. Listen in as Matthew and Cara blind taste the same red wine, and see if you can guess along with them. We'll reveal the wine they're tasting at the end of the episode. Thanks for listening. If you enjoy this episode, please leave us a review, as this helps us connect with and grow our community. Cheers!

Guillaume de Lavallade, directeur général de Hub One, était l'invité de Frédéric Simottel dans Tech & Co, ce mardi 27 juin. Il s'est penché sur le contrat qu'a signé son entreprise pour la couverture Wifi des lignes de métro du Grand Paris Express, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Mardi 27 juin, Frédéric Simottel a reçu Guillaume de Lavallade, directeur général de Hub One, Frédéric Sottilini, directeur général de Carthera, le Général Michel Friedling, cofondaterur de Look Up Space, Nadine Buard, directrice générale et cofondatrice d'Iridesense, Thierry Braconnier, président d'Halys, Thomas Barthuel, ancien de Google, Waze, Uber, et Phénix, auteur de «Wunderbike», Sabrina Quagliozzi, correspondante de BFM Business à New York, Frédéric Bianchi, Journaliste BFM Business, Julie Ragot, journaliste pour le site Tech&Co, Bertrand Jomard, Président de Bystamp, David Henri, cofondateur d'Exotrail, et Julie Duclercq, présidente et cofondatrice de Ternwaves et vice-présidente de l'Alliance NewSpace France (Alliance qui regroupe tous les nouveaux entrants du spatial français), dans l'émission Tech & Co sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Ce samedi 22 avril, Frédéric Simottel a reçu Philippe Dewost, directeur général de l'EPITA, Alix Mirshams, directeur marketing et communication d'Opteamis, Cyril Chiche, cofondateur et président de Lydia, Nathalie Barbier, ancienne directrice du pôle agile chez Renault Digital, Kheira Bouhlila, vice-présidente Solutions Salesforce France, et Guillaume de Lavallade, président de Hub One, dans l'émission Tech&Co Business sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission le samedi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Living legend and Kennedy Center Honoree Carmen de Lavallade has had an accomplished career as a dancer, actor, and choreographer. She recalls growing up in East Los Angeles with her friend Alvin Ailey, the early dance classes they took with Lester Horton, and ultimately arriving in New York, where her career flourished. At the age of 92, Carmen continues to inspire and has some simple and powerful advice for young artists.Check out Carmen de Lavallade on Instagram.Follow Moving Moments on Instagram.Follow Alicia on Instagram.You can find out more about Artful Narratives Media on Instagram or the web.The Moving Moments theme song was composed by Saul Guanipa for Videohelper.Moving Moments was co-created by Alicia Graf Mack, Jessica Handelman, and David Krauss. This interview has been edited and condensed to fit the time format.Episode copyright © 2023 Artful Narratives Media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ce lundi 2 janvier, François Sorel a reçu Damien Douanui, fondateur du cabinet de conseil LAB36 et co-producteur du podcast "Les Éclaireurs du Numérique", Salime Nassur, fondateur et DG de Maars, et Fabrice Epelboin, entrepreneur, Louis-Victor De Franssu, cofondateur de Tremau, Martin Besnier, cofondateur et président de Holis, Guillaume de Lavallade, directeur général de Hub One, Amélia Matar, cofondatrice de COLORI, et Boris Lecoeur, directeur général France chez CloudFlare, dans l'émission Tech & Co sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Guillaume de Lavallade, directeur général de Hub One, était l'invité de François Sorel dans Tech & Co, ce lundi 3 janvier. Il parle du nouveau dispositif qui encadre le secteur de la restauration rapide sur l'utilisation des emballages et vaisselles réutilisables pour la consommation sur place afin de réduire la production de déchets, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au jeudi et réécoutez la en podcast.

We talk to Misty Copeland about her new book, "The Wind At My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor Raven Wilkinson." She shares the story of meeting her mentor, Raven Wilkinson. Raven Wilkinson, Carmen de Lavallade and Misty Copeland (Courtesy of the artist/Julieta Cervantes/Naim Chidiac) Copeland tells us about her story, the struggles she's faced in the ballet world, and how Raven's story inspired her to represent her community through dance. Misty Copeland -- Life In Motion (Gregg Delman)  

We talk to Misty Copeland about her new book, "The Wind At My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor Raven Wilkinson." She shares the story of meeting her mentor, Raven Wilkinson. Raven Wilkinson, Carmen de Lavallade and Misty Copeland (Courtesy of the artist/Julieta Cervantes/Naim Chidiac) Copeland tells us about her story, the struggles she's faced in the ballet world, and how Raven's story inspired her to represent her community through dance. Misty Copeland -- Life In Motion (Gregg Delman)  

Carmen de Lavallade grew up in a Mexican neighborhood in East Los Angeles and started dancing as a teenager. It was her time with Lester Horton that inspired her teaching and choreography career.  She was so inspired she invited her junior high school friend Alvin Ailey, to study dance with Horton as well. Both dancers moved to New York to star in an all-star cast of the Broadway show "House of Flowers." On this show she met her husband, Geoffrey Holder who was "always chasing after me." Their love story of 60 years captured our hearts. Ms. de Lavallade is also the first cousin of Janet Collins, the first Black ballerina to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. When Ms. Collins retired from her position, Ms. de Lavallade was her replacement. Dance under Ms. Carmen de Lavallade's influence became a celebration of Black talent in a variety of spaces. She's got the Kennedy Center Honor to prove it!Brava, Ms. de Lavallade!This episode first aired on KBLA Talk 1580, Los Angeles.

Anicka Austin is an Atlanta-based artist and archivist curious about the relationship between ephemerality, documentation and legacy. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Carolina Academic Library Associates fellowship, graduating in May 2020 with a Master of Science in Library Science. She is currently working as visiting archivist for the Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade papers at Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library.Leo Holder is a visual artist, who also serves as the family archivist in charge of preserving his parents' legacy as well as reconstructing their works.Geoffrey Holder and Carmen  de Lavallade papers at Rose Library 

Happy Birthday to: Carmen de Lavallade, Ganjiro Nakamura I, Peter Brinson, Sardono, Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros, Julio Bocca! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dawn-davis-loring/support

Today's Episode is with actress, choreographer and dance legend, Carmen De Lavallade.  Raised by a single father in post-depression Los Angeles, Carmen began her formal training at 14, a bit late for female dancers, but that didn't stop her one bit.  Within 5 years she became a lead dancer under the tutelage of renown teacher and choreographer Lester Horton, who's technique is taught in modern dance classes around the world. It was around this time she encountered another modern dance legend, eventually taking him to his first dance class, a young 15 year old gymnast by the name of Alvin Ailey. Increasingly in demand, Carmen skipped town with Alvin to New York to make her Broadway debut in House of Flowers, starring Pearl Bailey.  It was here that she met her soon-to-be husband, the multi-hyphenate artist and future Director of Broadway's The Wiz, the Tony-award winning Geoffrey Holder. The following year she made her debut as prima ballerina in the Metropolitan Opera's Samson and Delilah, further integrating the storied opera house who's color barrier was broken just 5 years earlier by her cousin, prima ballerina Janet Collins.   Making her television debut in Duke Ellington's “A Drum is a Woman” an encounter with actress Lena Horne lead her to a bevy of film roles, however Carmen's feet remained solidly on the stage where she danced with companies all over the world, including that of her childhood friend Alvin, and his nascent Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, now the most widely toured and  well-known modern  dance company in the world.  Her acting chops led her to to be named  Artist-in-Residence at Yale Repertory theatre, later joining the faculty where she trained young upstarts like Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver., among others, and she was awarded a Kennedy Center Honors in 2016 In today's episode, we discuss Carmen's journey to becoming one of the most celebrated performers of her time, the lessons she learned from mentor Josephine Baker, how to maintain relationships as a creative, and the greatest lesson she's learned in her ninety years here on earth. That's right, ninety. This episode is a special one for us at the Institute of Black Imagination because it was her donation of over 2000 books from her late husband's archive that began this entire project. It's an honor and a privilege to present this beautiful conversation with the great, Carmen De Lavallade. Be sure to subscribe where ever you receive your podcasts, share a favorite quote with friend, and be sure sure to tag us on instagram at @blackimagination and on twitter at @blkimagination.  To Support this work, click here! Support this podcast

"So here we are again", "talkin' in tongues" and proving "one man is not enough" as hosts Bobby and Kristina discuss ALL THREE musicals based on the literary work of Truman Capote on episode fifteen of My Favorite Flop: 1954's House of Flowers, 1966's Breakfast at Tiffany's, AND 1971's The Grass Harp.   ABOUT HOUSE OF FLOWERS Based on the original short story by Truman Capote, House of Flowers tells the story of two neighboring bordellos that battle for business in an idealized Haitian setting. The musical features music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Arlen and Truman Capote, and a book by Capote. In the early 1950s, Truman Capote became involved in the performing arts. He was approached by producer Saint Subber to adapt his recent story, "House of Flowers", as a musical play for Broadway. Much of the writing was done in the Italian fishing village of Portofino; but Capote and Jack Dunphy found time to travel to Switzerland and Paris before turning to America, where Capote met again with producer Saint Subber and continued his work in the musical. After a Philadelphia try-out, the show opened on Broadway on December 30, 1954 at the Alvin Theatre and played for 165 performances. The director was Peter Brook. The cast included Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Juanita Hall, Ray Walston, Carmen de Lavallade, Alvin Ailey and Geoffrey Holder (who also provided a section of choreography). Although the show received generally poor reviews, the dance-rhythm infused score has been praised for its mix of blues and calypso. There was an unsuccessful Off-Broadway revival in 1968 at Theater de Lys. In 2003, there was an Encores! production, starring Tonya Pinkins and Armelia McQueen as the battling bordello madams and Maurice Hines as Captain Jonas, the smuggler. The virginal Ottilie was played by Nikki M. James, and the mountain boy, Royal, was played by Brandon Victor Dixon. Roscoe Lee Browne played the voodoo priest, Houngan.   ABOUT BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S Based both on the 1958 Truman Capote novella and 1961 film of the same name, Breakfast at Tiffany's tells the story of a free spirit named Holly Golightly. The musical features music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book by Abe Burrows, which was rewritten in previews by legendary playwright Edward Albee. The original cast included Mary Tyler Moore, Richard Chamberlain, Sally Kellerman, Larry Kert and Priscilla Lopez. The production was designed by Oliver Smith, directed by Joseph Anthony and choreographed by Michael Kidd with assistance from Tony Mordente, and produced by David Merrick. Despite the impressive list of collaborators, the project never gelled. The show underwent constant and massive changes in its script and score during out-of-town tryouts. The original book by Abe Burrows was seen in Philadelphia, then scrapped completely, and Edward Albee, an unlikely choice, was hired to re-write before a Boston tryout. Burrows was the original director but left when Albee was brought in. He was replaced by Joseph Anthony. On a daily basis, the cast was given new material hours before curtain time, and the piece was overly long, running nearly four hours. Burrows's departure resulted in low morale among cast members, and Moore was convinced that Merrick planned to fire her soon after opening night. Its original title, Holly Golightly, was changed when it started previews on December 12, 1966, on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre. Despite a healthy advance sale and much audience anticipation, it closed four nights later without having officially opened. Merrick placed an infamous ad in The New York Times, announcing that he shut down the production "rather than subject the drama critics and the public to an excruciatingly boring evening." In 2013, the musical was revived for the first time, using Burrows's book, under the title Holly Golightly, at the 200-seat Lilian Baylis Studio at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, as part of Ian Marshall Fisher's "Lost Musicals" staged concert series. One reviewer wrote: "the show never seems to come alive [and though] worth excavating out of interest in the form, it is not clear whether it is stageworthy."   ABOUT THE GRASS HARP Based on the 1951 novella by Truman Capote, The Grass Harp tells the story of an orphaned boy and two elderly ladies who observe life from a tree. They eventually leave their temporary retreat to make amends with each other and other members of society. The musical features music by Claibe Richardson and book and lyrics by Kenward Elmslie. The initial 1967 tryout of the musical was performed by Trinity Square Repertory Company at the Rhode Island School of Design auditorium, in Providence, Rhode Island. Directed and staged by Adrian Hall, the cast included Barbara Baxley as Dolly Heart Talbo, Carol Brice as the black maid Catherine Creek, Carol Bruce as Verena Talbo, Elaine Stritch as the evangelist Baby Love. After the Providence tryout, Larry Fineberg optioned the property for Broadway, casting Mama Cass as the evangelist Miss Baby Love. However, Fineberg was unable to raise capital funds, and the producing rights were optioned by Richard Barr. In October 1971, the Michigan University Professional Theatre Program presented The Grass Harp with the university's music and drama departments supplying musicians and performers. Initially as an evaluation by the Broadway producers Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Michael Harvey, and Associate Producer Michael Kasden. Celeste Holm, a close friend of Claibe Richardson, appeared in the Michigan University Professional Program's production as "Miss Baby Love". She was replaced with Karen Morrow for the Broadway production. The musical adaptation opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on November 2, 1971 and closed on November 6, 1971. The cast featured Barbara Cook as Dolly Talbo, Carol Brice as Catherine Creek, Karen Morrow as evangelist Miss Baby Love, Ruth Ford as Verena Talbo, Russ Thacker as Colin Talbo, Max Showalter as Dr. Morris Ritz, John Baragrey as Judge Cool, Kelley Boa, Trudy Bordoff, Colin Duffy, Eva Grant, and David Craig Moskin as Miss Baby Love's orphans, known as the "Heavenly Pride and Joy", Christine Stabile as Maude Riordan, and Harvey Vernon as Sheriff Amos Legrand. The musical previewed and opened during a major New York City newspaper strike preventing advertising and reviews, with no advance theater party ticket sales guarantee. Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Michael Harvey, and Michael Kasden gave the company the option of maintaining three more weeks for the productions' performance schedule, or closing after only seven performances, using the show's banked funds to produce a Broadway cast album. The musical orchestration was recorded in Cologne, Germany, with the Cologne Symphonic Orchestra ensemble. Returning to the States, the original cast was recorded in New York City, with the album released a year after the musical's closing date.

Join legendary Black artists, singers, poets, dancers, leaders musicians including Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight, Nikki Giovanni, James Baldwin, Cicely Tyson, Harry Belafonte, Muhammad Ali, The Last Poets, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sidney Poitier, Mavis Staples, Black Ivory, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Maya Angelou, Billy Preston, Toni Morrison, Bill Withers, Sonia Sanchez, Wilson Pickett, Kool & the Gang, Roberta Flack, Kathleen Cleaver, Amiri Baraka, Carmen de Lavallade, George Faison, Melba Moore, Max Roach, and a 16-year-old Arsenio Hall in this incredible film highlighting ELLIS HAIZLIP - host of the first national Black variety show on television from 1968-1973 appropriately titled SOUL! Political, outspoken and openly gay, Ellis made sure the 'revolution was televised' and beamed into American households on a weekly basis on PBS. Critically Acclaimed Documentary "Mr. SOUL!" Premieres August 1st on HBO Max Award-Winning Film Celebrates Ellis Haizlip, the Trailblazing Producer and Host of the Groundbreaking PBS Variety Show, 'SOUL!' Centering Black Joy

Cara De Lavallade on wind scorpions, below-deck life of a Silversea Cruise, her 1:1 water-to-wine regime, and why there's no more powerful mantra than: ‘It's going to be great.'

Guest host Jane Kaczmarek presents works celebrating dance.  A domineering mother uses an evening at the ballet to find fault in "My Mother Explains the Ballet to Me,” by Jesse Eisenberg, performed by Patricia Kalember. A pioneering African-American dancer remembers an audition in “Léonide Massine,” by Janet Collins, performed by Carmen de Lavallade. A magical garment transforms its owner in “The Cape,” by Ben Loory, performed by Tony Yazbeck. And the “Tango” undermines a stuffy WASP community in this funny story by Kurt Vonnegut, performed by Tony Shalhoub. Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=Splashpage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest host Maulik Pancholy presents four tales with unexpected twists and turns.  We begin with his reading of “Riding Solo,” Simon Rich’s re-telling of the Paul Revere legend.  An Italian holiday offers revelations to a group of tourists in Laura van den Berg’s “The Cult of Mary,” performed by Colby Minifie; Philip K. Dick’s “The Eyes Have It,” has a joke at the expense of a literal-minded reader; Paul Giamatti performs.  And two masters meet in Carmen de Lavallade’s reading of Alice Walker’s mother-daughter(s) story “Everyday Use.” Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=Splashpage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In part 2 of this several-part series, we explore how dancers and choreographers have embodied and confronted social constraints and constructs. Highlighing conversations between Pillow Scholar Maura Keefe and Carmen de Lavallade, Tere O'Connor and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, we discover personal, artistic, and political perspectives on age, culture and queerness.

Make way for one of our most prestigious guests! Actress, dancer, choreographer, and teacher Carmen de Lavallade joins us this week and becomes our first ever Kennedy Center Honoree. You Might Know Her From Carmen Jones, Odds Against Tomorrow, House of Flowers, and a Streetcar Named Desire. Carmen dishes on her beginnings as a dancer with Alvin Ailey, being cast in the historic movie musical Carmen Jones starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, and teaching at Yale where her students included a young Meryl Streep. An embarrassment of riches that could only be topped by the news that Busta Rhymes was a true gentleman. *cue Soul Bossa nova* Follow us on social media: @damianbellino || @rodemanne    Discussed this week: Julainne Hough energy removal Julianne:  is “not straight”  Is a cult leader of Kinrgy (also here)  Is in Burlesque  Has been given an platform by Oprah Marie Osmond dances as a doll on DWTS Tom Bergeron charms us (narrow shoulders,) Shira Piven improv teacher Carrie Ann Inaba was a Fly Girl Rosie Perez starred in revival of The Ritz CBS Sunday Morning on Carmen’s Kennedy Center honor (other honorees that year: Norman Lear, LL Cool J, Herbie Hancock) Sondra Lee connected us to Carmen Was married to Geoffrey Holder Dance teachers: Lester Horton, Carmelita Maracci, Melissa Blake Cecchetti method  Took Alvin Ailey to his first dance class Carmen Jones (dir: Otto Preminger || choreo: Herbert Ross) Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belartone, Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll Bar scene in Carmen Jones = ”Beat Out dat Rhythm on a Drum” Susan Hayward’s handmaiden in Demetrius & the Gladiators (w/ Victor Mature) Lydia Bailey choreographed by Jack Cole Danced with Josephine Baker at The Olympia in Paris 1964 Mentor to Misty Copeland  Mildred Dunnock got her to Yale where she taught movement to Meryl, Sigourney, Wendy Wasserstein, and Joe Gifasi Yale 1975: A Midsummer Night’s Dream she played Titania opposite Christopher Lloyd’s Oberon (+Tony Shalhoub Meryl, and Alvin Epstein). Christopher Lloyd injured tendon during production Sang at Carnegie hall with Benny Goodman Lotte Lenya; Billie Holliday interpreters of song “Flores para los muertos” streetcar directed by Debbie Allen Odds Against Tomorrow (dir: Robert Wise) Dancing to Soul Bossa Nova (Wuiny Joncrs)  Refused Kennedy Center White House reception Hand kissed by Busta Rhymes

I’m joined by Vintage Black Glamour author, the fabulous Nichelle Gainer — a self-described “black history encyclopedia”.We discuss how what started out as a research project for a novel inspired by her great aunt, Mildred Taylor, a model in the 1950s evolved into the Vintage Black Glamour Tumblr site in 2011. I learn about the history of black beauty pageants, the ‘Four Goddesses’: Josephine Baker, Lena Horne, Dorthy Dandridge and Ertha Kitt and why they’ve been able to maintain icon status decades later. We talk about the “It Girls” of the Harlem Renaissance like A’Lelia Walker and Blanche Dunne, roles black actresses have had to take in Hollywood, and the importance of keeping these stories alive for future generations. Nichelle tells me about growing up in South Jersey in the 70s and 80s and why when it comes to her hair — you get what you pay for. Links below for deeper dives on all the people we discusses together.Nichelle’s Wonderful Books that I Can’t Recommend Enough: http://amzn.to/2CltqEs (Vintage Black Glamour) http://amzn.to/2oxy8Wh (Gentleman’s Quarters) Get Familiar with the Four Goddesses (Rare Photos) Josephine Baker http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/search/josephine+baker Lena Horne http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Lena-Horne Dorothy Dandridge http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Dorothy-Dandridge Eartha Kitt http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Eartha-Kitt*********Key Figures of the Harlem Renaissance (1920s-30s)James Van Der Zee — photographer of the Harlem Renaissance http://bit.ly/2GLLKEY http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/James-Van-Der-ZeeCarl Van Vechten — another key photographer and author of the Harlem Renaissance, he was German and slightly controversial http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/tagged/Carl-Van-Vechten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Van_VechtenBlanche Dunne — socialite and actress known as one of the most beautiful and fashionable women of the Renaissancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_DunnMadame CJ Walker — entrepreneur, first Black Woman to become a millionaire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C._J._WalkerA’Lelia Walker—Madame CJ Walker’s daughter, patron of the arts & hostess of infamous bathtub gin parties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27Lelia_WalkerOther People Mentioned Diahann Carol — actress http://vintageblackglamour.tumblr.com/search/Diahann+CarrollKatherine Dunham — dancer, activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_DunhamCarmen de Lavallade— dancer, choreographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_de_LavalladeCicely Tyson — one of the few actresses of her time who sported natural hair looks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_TysonDonyale Luna — First black model to be on a Vogue cover, she had a wild life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donyale_LunaEdward Enninful — First and current EIC of British Vogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_EnninfulFredi Washington https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredi_WashingtonResources/Books/Videos Mentioned Schomburg Research Center (in Harlem with online archives) https://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburgOn Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker (written by her great-granddaughter) http://amzn.to/2GLz4hgBlack and Beautiful (Book on Black Models) http://amzn.to/2F4tBF4Lena Horne on Dick Cavett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKLErsgF_P4Hair Khamit Kinks — Where Nichelle gets her ‘baby curl twists’ http://khamitkinks.com*******This episode was mixed by Laila OwedaMusic "In the Garden" by Jason Minnis aka Classicbeatz See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trends are something that fluctuate over a period of time. Sometimes good and bad. This week, the crew discussed some great upward trends in the news. Remy Ma is capping off a successful year with the opening of her own clothing store. The new outlet is named after Remy's 2005 hit single "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)." Just under a month shy of his 50th birthday, veteran rapper and actor LL Cool J became the first Hip-Hop artist to receive the Kennedy Center Honor over the weekend. Joining this milestone, Gloria Estefan becomes the first Cuban-American star this honor as well. Along with the two musicians, singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, dancer-actress Carmen de Lavallade and TV creator Norman Lear were all honored with the coveted award at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. You may have seen trailers for E‘s upcoming spin-off, Wags Atlanta. It’s a show centered around the “wives and girlfriends” of prominent sports persons, hence the acronym. But as these types of shows go, there are always some exceptions to that rule. Hope Wiseman is one of them. She is one of the single women in the Wags Atlanta crew, but that’s not what makes her a true exception. At 25, Wiseman is set to become the youngest Black female owner of a marijuana dispensary in this country. Back in October, #Applebees gooped everybody with a $1 margarita special and starting tomorrow, they’re gifting us with another L.I.T. deal! Starting tomorrow, the restaurant chain is gonna be getting us right for the holiday season by selling $1 Long Island Iced Teas or L.I.T.s as they call them! The deal will last for the entire month of December, so make sure y’all take advantage!! How do men and women handle breakups? Is their a specific way that men should approach women if interested? These were all questions the crew discuss for our segment topic; what do you think?? The party don't stop...STAY TUNED!

This conversation focuses on Carmen de Lavallade’s fascinating life and creative legacy. Given Ms. De Lavallade’s years performing at Yale Repertory Theater and teaching at the Yale School of Drama, this is an opportunity to reflect on New Haven’s rich artistic history. Participants Moderator: Lileana Blain-Cruz, Director Robert Brustein, Former Dean of the Yale School of Drama and Founder of the Yale Repertory and American Repertory Theatres Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer/Actress Alvin Epstein, Actor